Window-curtain bar



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WINDOW GURTAIN BAR.

mm' Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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NITED STATES f IRA B. TRIPP, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW-CURTAIN BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,649, dated April 8,1884.

I Application led Februar;v Q8, 1884. (No model.)

To alii whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, IRA B. TRIPP, of Aurora, in the county of Kane andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement 5 inWindow-Curtain Bars, and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The obj ect of the invention is the production of a durable andconvenient Window-curtain bar for the bottoni of curtains, which may bereadily attached or detached from the curtain or adjusted to fit variousWidths of curtains; and the novelty therein consists, fmainly, in aslotted met-allie tube, threaded by means of its slot over the loweredge of the curtain, which is held in place within the tube by means ofspiral Wires or a bar or other equivalent means previously attached tosaid edge of the curtain, or by thickening said edge in any manner, allas more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

For the better comprehension of my invention, reference should be had tothe accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a view of the completetube arranged for telescopic adjustment. lFig. 2 is a vertical centralsectionV of the tube, with spirals for holding the curtain Within thetube. Fig. 3 is a view of the same tube as attached to a Window-curtain;and Fig. 4 is a View of a curtain held within a tube by means of a bar,said tube having adjustable end pieces.

Similar letters denote corresponding parts in each gure.

In the drawings, Figs. l, 2, and 3 show a slotted metallic tube composedof three parts, A A1 A2, Where the central part, A', diders a little indiameterfrom the end parts, A and A2, so that these'endparts may beslipped telescopically in and out of said central portion to a greateror less extent, and thereby the length of the whole tube be 'materiallylessened or increased at will. It is evident that this arrangement maybe varied greatly, as is shown in Fig. 4, the only essential being thecapacity of the several parts for a greater or less adjustment to suitthe various Widths of Windowcurtains. There is a slot, a, the entirelength of each of these parts A A A2 in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, which slot iscoincident the Whole Y length of the tube when in use; but it will berals a single one may be used, and instead of any spirals any otherconvenient means-such as a bar, B, to VWhich the edge ofthe curtain istacked in the usual Way,or any other meansmay be used of thickening theedge of the curtain, so that While it may be readily threaded endwise inthe tube it cannot be Withdrawn from it except edgewise.

To complete the finish of appearance of the tube, as shown in Figs. l,2, and 3, end plugs, D D', are employed, which may also be slotted likethe parts A A A2; but it is evident, also, that these may either Whollybe dispensed With or that any plug or covering-cap, such as in Fig. 4,may be employed, which will serve to close the ends of the tube Withoutan undue projection of the same on either side beyond the Width of thecurtain, and that such cap may or may not be slotted.

This tube or curtain-bar may be madeof any proper sheet metal, or evenof tin', and painted or lacquered in any style of ornament.

It will not be very expensive of Jirst cost, will I be very durable, andcan be easily detached or replaced-as, for instance, when the curtain isWashed-or it can beapplied to the various Widths of curtains requiredfor various sizes of Windows.

Having thus described my invention, whatY I claim as neur therein, anddesire to protect by Letters Batent, is-

1. A Window-curtain bar composed of one or more slotted metallic tubes,substantially as described.

2. In combination with a Windowcurtain bar composed of one or moreslotted metallic tubes, the spirals B B or equivalent means at-

